| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 142 | 123 | 145 | 145 |
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25 school year, as reported to the WA State Board of Education.
Source: the school's own tuition page · aid page, observed 2026-07-03. Tuition changes annually, verify before applying.
NCES Private School Universe Survey, 2021-22 (the most recent federal collection). Private-school demographics are reported biennially and lag public-school data.
Known results compiled from public competition listings (National Merit press lists, tournament PDFs, The Blue Alliance). A missing result is not evidence of absence.
Independent Catholic girls' school on Capitol Hill, Seattle · grades 9-12 · 555 students (Washington State Board of Education, 2024-25) · founded 1880, the oldest continuously operating high school in Washington
Holy Names is Seattle's counter-programming. While much of the region's independent-school market has drifted toward bespoke curricula, optional testing, and de-emphasized grades, Holy Names Academy (HNA) runs the opposite play: 16 Advanced Placement (AP) courses with the national exam mandatory for every enrolled student, a weighted A-F scale, prescriptive graduation requirements including four years of theology, and a dress code enforced from a handbook. The wager is that structure plus an all-girls environment produces confidence and results, and the school can point to a 94% AP pass rate in 2025, a 100% four-year-college matriculation rate, and a crew program that has reached USRowing Youth Nationals twenty years running. At $26,520 for 2026-27, it costs roughly half of Seattle's elite secular independents, and 44% of students aren't Catholic. The trade is real, though: theology is universal, service hours are a graduation requirement, and the school openly reserves the right to counsel out students who can't sustain the load. A self-directed kid who chafes at rules should think hard. A motivated student who does her best work inside clear expectations will find few better-tuned machines.
Researched 2026-07-04. Citations and claim ledger included in the full dossier.
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